William Aston: 2 books

Elibron Classics. Replica of 1905 edition by Longmans, Green, and Co., London. This is an Illustrated edition. William George Aston (9 April 1841 – 22 November 1911) was a British diplomat, author and scholar-expert in the language and history of Japan and Korea. Shinto (“the way of the gods”)...

Professor Aston's A History of Japanese Literature has a permanent place on the bookshelves of all lovers of Japan. William George Aston, who pioneered in the translation of Japanese literature into English, made many original contributions to Japanese studies. His writing is fresh and informative. The...